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  • Comparing Oracle Database Appliance X8-2 Model Family

    Comparing Oracle Database Appliance X8-2 Model Family

    September 2019 Oracle announced Oracle Database Appliance X8-2 (Small, Medium and HA). ODA X8-2 comes with more computing resources compared with X7-2 Models.

    Let’s take a quick look at few benefits of ODA followed by the technical specification on ODA X8-2 Small/Medium and HA.

    Oracle Database Appliance is an Engineered System. Software, server, storage, and networking, all co-engineered and optimized to run Oracle Database and applications.

    Benefits of Oracle Database Appliance (ODA):

    1. Software, server, storage, and networking engineered and optimized to run Oracle Database and applications.
    2. Supports Oracle Database Standard Edition, Standard Edition One, Standard Edition 2, and Enterprise Edition. Optimized for Cloud.
    3. Capacity on Demand Licensing – Reduced Cost.
    4. Ease of deployment, patching, management, and support.
    5. Increased performance and reliability with NVMe flash storage.
    6. Reliable hardware architecture with redundant power, cooling, networking, and storage.
    7. Browser User Interface (BUI)

    In this article we will compare the technical specifications of ODA X8-2 model family (Small, Medium and HA). This comparison table comes handy when you want to quickly take a look at the resources available for a given model.

     

    For more information on the technical specification loot at the ODA X8-2 HA and Small/Medium Data Sheet at:

    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-appliance/oda-x8-2-ha-datasheet-5730739.pdf

    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-appliance/oda-x8-2sm-datasheet-5730738.pdf

    Component

    ODA X8-2 Small

    ODA X8-2 Medium

    ODA X8-2 HA

    Database Server

    1

    1

    2

    Storage Shelf

    NA

    NA

    1 4U DE3-24C Storage Shelf per System

    Optional Second Storage Shelf for Expansion

    Rack Size

    1 2RU Server

    1 2RU Server

    2 2RU Servers & 1 4U Storage Shelf

    Processor

    One 16-core Intel Xeon Gold 5218

    Two 16-core Intel Xeon Gold 5218

    Two 16-core Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Per Server

    Physical Memory

    192 GB

    Expandable to 384 GB

    384 GB

    Expandable to 768 GB

    384 GB

    Expandable to 768 GB per server

    Storage

    Two 6.4 TB NVMe SSDs

    12.8 TB (raw)

    Base: Two 6.4 TB NVMe SSDs

    12.8 TB (raw)

    Base: Six 7.68 TB SSDs

    46 TB (raw)

    Storage Expansion

    Not expandable

    Expandable up to 76.8 TB (raw)

    Expandable up to 369 TB SSD or up to 92 TB SSD / 504 TB HDD (Raw)

    Network

    4 x 10GBase-T ports (RJ45) expandable up to 12 x 10GBase-T ports or

    2 x 10/25 GbE ports (SFP28) expandable up to 6 x 10/25 GbE ports

    4 x 10GBase-T ports (RJ45) expandable up to 12 x 10GBase-T ports or

    2 x 10/25 GbE ports (SFP28) expandable up to 6 x 10/25 GbE ports

    4 x 10GBase-T ports (RJ45) expandable up to 12 x 10GBase-T ports or

    2 x 10/25 GbE ports (SFP28) expandable up to 6 x 10/25 GbE ports

    Oracle Database

    Oracle Database 18c/19c EE & SE 2

    Oracle Database 12c R1/R2 EE & SE 2

    Oracle Database 11g R2 EE, SE & SE 1

    Oracle Database 18c/19c EE & SE 2

    Oracle Database 12c R1/R2 EE & SE 2

    Oracle Database 11g R2 EE, SE & SE 1

    Oracle Database 18c/19c EE & SE 2

    Oracle Database 12c R1/R2 EE & SE 2

    Oracle Database 11g R2 EE, SE & SE 1

    Database Deployment

    Single Instance

    Single Instance

    Single Instance, RAC & RAC One node

    Virtualization

    Oracle Linux KVM

    Oracle Linux KVM

    Oracle VM & Oracle Linux KVM

    Operating System

    Oracle Linux

    Oracle Linux

    Oracle Linux

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  • Exclusive First Look into Oracle Database Appliance X8 Model Family

    Exclusive First Look into Oracle Database Appliance X8 Model Family

    In September 2019, Oracle announced Oracle Database Appliance X8-2 (Small, Medium and HA). ODA X8-2 comes with more computing resources compared with X7-2 Models.

    Let’s take a quick look at few benefits of ODA followed by the technical specification on ODA X8-2 Small/Medium and HA.

    Oracle Database Appliance is an Engineered System. Software, server, storage, and networking, all co-engineered and optimized to run Oracle Database and applications.

    Benefits of Oracle Database Appliance (ODA):

    1. Software, server, storage, and networking engineered and optimized to run Oracle Database and applications.
    2. Supports Oracle Database Standard Edition, Standard Edition One, Standard Edition 2, and Enterprise Edition.
    3. Optimized for Cloud
    4. Capacity on Demand Licensing – Reduced Cost
    5. Ease of deployment, patching, management, and support
    6. Increased performance and reliability with NVMe flash storage
    7. Reliable hardware architecture with redundant power, cooling, networking, and storage
    8. Browser User Interface (BUI)

    Oracle Database Appliance X8-2 HA Benefits & Technical specification

    1. Support mission-critical applications and consolidation of many databases
    2. Built for high availability
    3. Choice of high-performance flash or high-capacity drives
    4. 32 cores per server (64 cores in total for 2 servers)
    5. 384 GB physical memory per server expandable upto 768 (1.5 TB memory in total for 2 servers)
    6. Storage Shelf
    7. High Capacity: 46 TB SSD and 252 TB SDD raw capacity per shelf
    8. High Performance: 184 TB SSD raw capacity per shelf
    9. Choice of 10GBase-T or 10/25 GbE SFP28 public networking
    10. 25GbE interconnect for cluster communication

    For more information on the technical specification loot at the ODA X8-2 HA Data Sheet at:
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-appliance/oda-x8-2-ha-datasheet-5730739.pdf

     
     
     

    • Oracle Database Appliance X8-2 Small Technical specification

    1. One server
    2. 1 Intel Xeon processor, 16 Cores
    3. 192GB Physical memory expandable upto 384GB
    4. Choice of 10GBase-T or 10/25 GbE SFP28 public networking
    5. 12.8TB NVMe raw storage

    Oracle Database Appliance X8-2 Medium Technical specification

    1. One server
    2. 2 Intel Xeon processor, 32 Cores
    3. 384 GB Physical memory expandable upto 768GB
    4. Choice of 10GBase-T or 10/25 GbE SFP28 public networking
    5. 12.8 TB NVMe raw storage capacity with optional expansion to 76.8 TB NVMe raw storage

    For more information on the technical specification loot at the ODA X8-2 S/M Data Sheet at:
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-appliance/oda-x8-2sm-datasheet-5730738.pdf

    Conclusion

    In this article we seen the benefits and the technical specification of latest Oracle Database Appliance X8 model family. ODA is the right choice for all type of Businesses as an on-premises solution and cloud ready option.

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